Washington Heritage Trail
Washington Heritage Trail is a State Scenic Byway in West Virginia. Within West Virginia it covers roughly 150 miles. The map below shows its route. Use “Plan a drive” to open it in the Road Sorties route planner — already routing along Washington Heritage Trail with scenic roads turned on, ready to add your own stops.
This loop through West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle traces country the young George Washington surveyed and later frequented. It links Harpers Ferry, where the Shenandoah and Potomac rivers meet at the site of John Brown's 1859 raid, with the colonial spa town of Berkeley Springs and the orchard country around Martinsburg. Rolling Blue Ridge and Shenandoah Valley scenery surrounds the historic sites.
- Harpers Ferry
- Berkeley Springs
- George Washington history
- Eastern Panhandle
- Shenandoah & Potomac rivers
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What is a State Scenic Byway?
State Scenic Byways are roads a state has formally recognized for their scenic, natural, historic or cultural value — each state's own curated collection of drives worth taking slowly.